KleenSlate Concepts focuses on improving communication and education.
We Believe in BETTER!
KleenSlate Concepts offers a line of patented, award-winning dry erase products, including markers and erasers, and we produce the one-and-only hand-held response paddle– a low-tech, educational tool designed to enhance communication and engage students.
Created by former teacher Julia Rhodes, our products are high quality, durable, fun, and easy to use. Though this kid-friendly product was invented for the classroom, the response paddles with marker/eraser stored in the handle are used beyond schools in a variety of contexts. You can find our paddles and markers in use all over the world in homes, offices, hospitals, and care facilities. They are perfect for people traveling or on-the-go, and they make communication easy in small or large groups.
We are committed to using customers feedback to constantly improve our products because:
We Believe in BETTER.
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KleenSlate Concepts’ Priorities:
- Customer satisfaction
- Quality service and products
- Helping educators
- Improving communication
KleenSlate Concepts’ Goals:
- Creating products that revolutionize and improve education;
- Building lasting relationships with customers;
- Producing high quality products that make a positive impact;
- Continuing to improve and find better solutions for our customers
How KleenSlate Got Started
Julia Rhodes, owner of KleenSlate Concepts, came up with an idea for an eraser for dry erase markes in 2001. She did a lot of research and. Once she knew her idea was a good one, she filed for a patent and a trademark.
Today, Julia has four U.S. Patents, two U.S. Trademarks, and two international patents with more pending. Together these trademarks and patents provide Julia with strong protection for her products, and an intellectual property portfolio that adds value to her company.
The name KleenSlate is a play on words. Since Julia left teaching to start over as an inventor and entrepreneur, she was wiping the slate clean by beginning a new chapter in her life. At the same time Kleen Slate referred to cleaning a board. In the old days, chalkboards were made of slate so you cleaned the “slate” when you erased the chalkboard. And the misspelling of clean as Kleen emphasized the need to erase while also adding an element of whimsy.
Julia has added new products to her original eraser, including the KleenSlate Paddle. Teachers throughout the world now use the KleenSlate Paddle as a quick assessment tool in the classroom, and you can find KleenSlate products on every movie set in the industry.
Today, Julia’s business is so successful she was recently named Central California 2010 Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.